ODDO BHF Small & MIDCAP MORNING NEWS – 01/30/2025

ODDO BHF Small & MIDCAP MORNING NEWS – 30/01/2025

Wizz Air : FX and maintenance costs weight heavily on Q3 2024-25

Wizz Air : FX and maintenance costs weight heavily on Q3 2024-25

WOOD Daily: TXT PW; ELM AB; WIZZ LN; GE Macro; GARAN TI; KLKIM TI; PKN...

HEADLINES: • Text: AI revolution – a threat or an opportunity? (downgraded to HOLD) • Elm: new horizons (upgraded to BUY) • Wizz Air: 3Q FY25 – miss on lower revenue and higher CASKX NEGATIVE • Georgia macro: NBG decision and MoU in Abu Dhabi • Garanti Bank: 4Q24 results and 2025E guidance highlights NEUTRAL • Kalekim: exercises option to acquire a plant in Mugla POSITIVE • Orlen: to issue USD 1.25bn of 10-year bonds NEUTRAL • PKO BP: 4Q24E preview (due on 13 March) • Short News (CBF, CEZ)

Text: AI revolution – a threat or an opportunity? (downgraded to HOLD)

We have downgraded our rating on Text to HOLD (from Buy) and cut our price target (PT) to PLN 67.0/share, from PLN 121/share, implying 13% upside potential. In this report, we do not answer the question above; rather, we analyse Text’s chatbot offer vs. the competition, coming to the conclusion that it lags in terms of quality vs. the market leaders, but might still be a successful alternative, given that it is attractively priced (due partially to the utilisation of its own AI engine). In order...

Elm: new horizons (upgraded to BUY)

We have upgraded Elm to BUY (from Hold), with an updated 12M price target (PT) of SAR 1,405, offering upside potential of 21% from the current price. Our upgrade is driven primarily by the value-accretive Thiqah acquisition and the company’s stronger-than-expected organic revenue growth over 9M24. We continue to view Elm as Saudi Arabia’s digital champion and a key enabler of the Saudi Vision 2030 digital initiatives. The stock is trading at a 35.7x 2026E P/E, on our estimates, representing a 51...

WOOD Daily: EMEA Airlines; PZU PW; PCF PW; KRKG SV; ALR PW

HEADLINES: • EMEA airlines: 4Q24 traffic; could constrained capacity support fares in 2025E? • PZU: CEO Olech dismissed, former CEO Klesyk returns • PCF Group: reveals details behind Maverick work-for-hire project NEUTRAL • Krka: 4Q24E earnings preview (due on 30 January) • Alior Bank: 4Q24E preview (due on 4 March)

WOOD Flash – EMEA Airlines: 4Q24 traffic; could constrained capacity s...

In 2024, European aviation capacity grew by around 9%. This was faster than the slow-growing economy could absorb, leading to fares underperforming expectations. For many carriers, we have also seen cost inflation. The lower fuel prices were an important tailwind, preventing margin erosion exceeding 1-2ppts (EBITDA) for the European carriers. Looking ahead, we expect capacity in Europe to grow by around a mid-single digit pace in 2025E, constrained by supply bottlenecks and engine durability iss...

WOOD Daily: PKN PW (stays BUY); ENA PW; EUROB GA; PEO PW

HEADLINES: • Orlen: who are you calling a refiner? (stays BUY) • Enea: signs an annex to its coal supply agreement with Bogdanka NEUTRAL • Eurobank Ergasias Services: Fairfax sells a 2.2% stake through an ABB NEUTRAL • Bank Pekao: 4Q24E preview (due on 27 February) • Short News (OPL)

Orlen: who are you calling a refiner? (stays BUY)

We maintain our BUY rating on Orlen, with an updated price target (PT) of PLN 73.3 (from PLN 90.3 previously), offering upside of 37.9%. Orlen is still on course to invest PLN 220bn by the end of the decade, both for growth and as it transitions to a less carbon-intensive business. The result will be a company that generates >PLN 40bn in EBITDA p.a., with upstream first, followed by the power and trade segments. The macro environment can hardly match the recent past, but with the exception of pe...

WOOD Daily: ELM AB; TEN PW; WPS LN; PZU PW; CCC PW; JMT PL

HEADLINES: • Elm: signs an agreement to acquire Thiqah for SAR 3.4bn POSITIVE • Ten Square Games: Investor Day takeaways NEUTRAL • Eurowag: solid 4Q24 results but slow growth and higher capex in 2025E NEGATIVE • PZU: appoints Andrzej Klesyk to the supervisory board • CCC: 4Q24E prelims preview - we expect 82% yoy EBITDA growth (due on 10 February, TBC) • Jeronimo Martins: 4Q24E results preview – we expect 2% yoy EBITDA erosion (due on 19 March)

WOOD Daily: PKN PW; HUG PW; APR PW

HEADLINES: • Orlen: strategy update 2035 – evolution, rather than revolution NEUTRAL • Huuuge Games: collective redundancies to reduce end-2024 headcount by c.28% POSITIVE • Auto Partner: December sales growth at a limited 6% yoy, well below our expectations NEGATIVE

EM Credit Spark/EM credit weekly and trade ideas update

The EM primary market has had an active start to 2025, with issuance so far being well absorbed by the market. We see the potential for some spread widening as more noise around Trump's policy measures comes out and more issuers look to take advantage of the early-year window for supply.

WOOD Flash – Orlen: strategy update 2035 – evolution, rather than revo...

Orlen announced a new strategy update yesterday (9 January), laying out management’s targets for 2035E and the path it will take to get there. This strategy update follows a change of management and, so, could have included major changes. In general however, much of the broad sweep of strategic choices resemble those in the previous plan, even though the details have changed. Management is still committed to a progressive dividend strategy, with a minor upward adjustment, which sees the 2025E di...

Bank Brunch/NordLB green covered, PKO Bank senior preferred, BNP Parib...

NordLB kick-starts green covered bond supply. PKO Bank opens CEE issuances in 2025 with a senior preferred bond. French banks start the year by dominating the euro Tier 2 markets

Bank Brunch/NordLB green covered, PKO Bank senior preferred, BNP Parib...

NordLB kick-starts green covered bond supply. PKO Bank opens CEE issuances in 2025 with a senior preferred bond. French banks start the year by dominating the euro Tier 2 markets

WOOD Daily: TXT PW; TEN PW; PL Telecoms; PL Media; JMT PL

HEADLINES: • Text: key takeaways from the 3Q24-25 preliminary earnings call NEGATIVE • Ten Square Games: 4Q24 bookings down by 2% qoq, slight miss vs. our expectations NEUTRAL • Polish telecoms: mobile number portability in 4Q24 NEGATIVE • Polish media: CPS audience share at 22.72%, while WP TV at 0.72% in December 2024 NEUTRAL • Jeronimo Martins: 4Q24E trading update preview – 5% yoy sales growth expected (due on 14 January) NEUTRAL

European Oil and Gas Monthly: December 2024

Average crude oil prices changed little in December, after production increases and perceived weakness in demand pushed prices down in November. The WOOD benchmark margin remains above average, despite reaching its lowest level in 2024, after declining by USD 0.7/bbl. Petrochemicals remains in the doldrums, with some product groups marginally better and others marginally worse.

Model update - RASK improves, but the FX distorts

Wizz Air will report its fiscal Q3/25 earnings on the 30th of January BMO. We expect the PAT to come in at EUR -206mn, driven by a significant FX revaluation loss of EUR 200mn on the back of USD appreciation. EBIT may come in at EUR 4mn in fiscal Q3, up by EUR 184mn compared to a year ago, resulting from a mix of RASK improvement and fuel cost savings. We roll-over our TP to Mar-26 and set it at GBP 22.1 a share, implying an upside potential of 59%